Welding Fume Litigation Status Report (PDF)
In this July 2008 report, the welding industry describes the current state of the welding fume litigation and explains why it believes there is little real substance to this litigation.

Legal Filings:

• Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Strike All Class Allegations Contained in Six MDL Case Complaints (PDF)
• Georgia Court Order Dismissing Plaintiffs (PDF)
• Case Management Order in the Byers Case (PDF)
• Memorandum and Order to Address Plaintiffs' False Claim of Mediation (PDF)
• Defendants' Motion for Entry of Third Case Administration Order(PDF)
• Louisiana Supreme Court Order Granting Defendants' Application for Supervisory Writ in the Andre Case (PDF)
• Defendants' Application for Supervisory Writ and Request for Expedited Consideration in the Andre Case (PDF)
• Order Rejecting Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider Previous PET Scan Order in the Baldwin Case (PDF)
• Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Compel a PET Scan in the Baldwin Case (PDF)
• Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Order Granting Plaintiffs' Application to Reinstate the Jury Trial in the Andre Case (PDF)
• Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Application for Supervisory Writ in the Andre Case (PDF)
• Second Case Administration Order (PDF)
• Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint with Prejudice in the Smith Case (PDF)
• Defendants’ Notice of Supplemental Authority (PDF)
• Defendant’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings on Plaintiffs’ Claims for Common Law Fraud and Aiding and Abetting in the Tamraz Case (PDF)
• Reply to Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Duke Power Cases for Failure to Prosecute (PDF)
• Order Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Conspiracy and Fraudulent Concealment Claims in the Boyd Case (PDF)
• Order Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Count 10 in the Boyd Case (PDF)
• Order Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Negligent Performance of Voluntary Undertaking Claim in the Boyd Case (PDF)
• Order Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 in the Boyd Case (PDF)
• Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Duke Power Cases for Failure to Prosecute (PDF)
• Defendants’ Surreply in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification of Medical Monitoring Claims (PDF)
• Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification of Medical Monitoring Claims (PDF)
• Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Peabody Dismissal (PDF)
• Motion for an Order Voluntarily Dismissing Plaintiffs with
  Prejudice (PDF)
• Memorandum and Order on Peabody Case (PDF)
• Defendants' Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion for
  Order to Reopen Discovery (PDF)
  • Exhibit A - Barrett 11-17-04 Letter to Beisner (PDF)
  • Exhibit B - Katz Deposition (PDF)
• Defendants' Motion for Order to Reopen Discovery (PDF)
• Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute (PDF)
• Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute (PDF)
• Defendants' Motion for Fees, Sanctions and Remedial Relief (PDF)
• Memorandum in Support of Defendants' Motion for Fees, Sanctions and Remedial Relief (PDF)
• Motion to Exclude All Testimony That Exposure to Welding Fumes Causes Parkinson's Disease (PDF)
• Memorandum in Support of Motion to Exclude All Testimony That Exposure to Welding Fumes Causes Parkinson's Disease (PDF)
• Supporting Exhibits (PDF)
• Order on Parkinson's Disease-Related and Other Various Daubert Motions (PDF)
• Report of David Garabrant, M.D., M.P.H.
  Certain portions of this document have been temporarily edited out in order to comply with a court-imposed confidentiality order.
• Fifth Case Management Order In re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation (PDF)
• Fourth Case Management Order (PDF)
• Third Case Management Order (PDF)
• Second Supplemental Case Management Order (PDF)
• First Case Management Order (PDF)
• Exhibit A (PDF)
• Exhibit B (PDF)

SOURCE: United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division